Possible key moment: Brandon Inge pops out on a bunt attempt with Monroe on first and none out in the 7th.

A terrible play, and here we go again with a manager who has no clue about things like this. It was 4-3 Sox at the time, and what do we do? Play for the tie so that we may have the opportunity to have a 50% chance of winning. Terrible call, and the call did come from the bench. It’s not as though Inge has been a bad hitter at the plate this year. He’s done well, actually. I can’t believe i have to see another year of this nonsense.

I despise the bunt as well. It’s not as if Garcia had been unittable at that point. But time will tell on Leyland and I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt still.

I don’t like the bunt call either, but lets not take the blame away from Inge. As a major league player, getting a sac bunt down should be second nature. Bad call or not, it is Inge’s job to get the bunt down.

That’s true, Ryan. I didn’t even get far enough to mention that part of it, which is almost as frustrating.

It’s not that I’m not going to give Leyland the benefit of the doubt for a while. I will. And it’s not as though he’s out of the ordinary on this issue, either. It simply amazes me how many managers refuse to listen to reason on this issue. You could say that they are managers and they know best, and while that may be true for many things, it simply isn’t true on the constant goddamn bunting for no reason. They feel that it’s “smart” baseball, and it was taught to them by older guys who held on to relics of a bygone era. I don’t care what any of these geezers say. It does not make sense for a good hitter to bunt a guy over to second when you’re down by a run. I’m sorry to rant about it so much, but I’m so tired of seeing it! It is a microcosm for a lot of things i don’t like in the world at large. People don’t want to pay attention, and they refuse to learn or think critically about far too many things.

Completely agree Dan.

Hey Brian, how about a little something on that game yesterday. Aren’t we suposed to have a new manager? Letting Infante come up in the 9th with a man on base is absolutely unforgivable.

Dont’ disagree with Dan’s point, but to clarify, Infante came up in the 9th with nobody on and one out. He batted in the 7th with man on 3rd and two out.

Here we go again. I like seeing the Tigers score 8 runs, but I like it YESTERDAY, not today. I realize it doesn’t work that way, but it drives a man insane.

How about letting Guillen get thrown out at the plate by at least 10 feet while down by 6 runs? That was one of the dumbest baserunning calls I’ve seen in my life. Who are these people?